1996-97: THE SEASON OF The Shining

ER received the 1996-97 award for Best Drama Series from the Online Film & Television Association's annual Television Awards. Frasierwas Awarded Best Comedy Series while In the Gloaming received the prize for Best Motion Picture Made for Television and Stephen King's The Shining was honored as Best Miniseries. Below is the list of every nomination for the year 1996-97 with winners highlighted like this. Nomination and Awards tallies can be found in the menu at the right.

BEST SERIES

ER

Frasier

Party of Five

Seinfeld

The X-Files

BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES

George Clooney - ER

David Duchovny - The X-Files

Anthony Edwards - ER

Kelsey Grammer - Frasier

John Lithgow - 3rd Rock from the Sun

BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES

Gillian Anderson - The X-Files

Helen Hunt - Mad About You

Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope

Julianna Margulies - ER

Sherry Stringfield - ER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES

Jason Alexander - Seinfeld

Matthew L. Perry - Friends

David Hyde Pierce - Frasier

Michael Richards - Seinfeld

Noah Wyle - ER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES

Christine Baranski - Cybill

Lisa Kudrow - Friends

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld

Gloria Reuben - ER

Nana Visitor - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A SERIES

ER

Frasier

Friends

Party of Five

The X-Files

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Chicago Hope

ER

NYPD Blue

Party of Five

The X-Files

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

George Clooney - ER

David Duchovny - The X-Files

Anthony Edwards - ER

Matthew Fox - Party of Five

Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Gillian Anderson - The X-Files

Neve Campbell - Party of Five

Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope

Julianna Margulies - ER

Sherry Stringfield - ER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Peter Berg - Chicago Hope

Eriq LaSalle - ER

Jerry Orbach - Law & Order

Mitch Pileggi - The X-Files

Noah Wyle - ER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Lacey Chabert - Party of Five

Terry Farrell - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Laura Innes - ER

Gloria Reuben - ER

Nana Visitor - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Carroll O'Connor - Party of Five

Mandy Patinkin - Chicago Hope

Andrew J. Robinson - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rodney Rowland - The X-Files

Ray Walston - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Rosanna Arquette - Gun

Kirsten Dunst - ER

Louise Fletcher - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Glenne Headley - ER

Isabella Rossellini - Chicago Hope

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

Chicago Hope

ER

NYPD Blue

Party of Five

The X-Files

BEST NEW DRAMA SERIES

Dangerous Minds

Early Edition

EZ Streets

Millennium

Profiler

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Frasier

Friends

Mad About You

Seinfeld

The Simpsons

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Drew Carey - The Drew Carey Show

Kelsey Grammer - Frasier

John Lithgow - 3rd Rock from the Sun

Paul Reiser - Mad About You

Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen

Helen Hunt - Mad About You

Patricia Richardson - Home Improvement

Cybill Sheperd - Cybill

Lea Thompson - Caroline in the City

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Jason Alexander - Seinfeld

Malcolm Gets - Caroline in the City

Matthew L. Perry - Friends

David Hyde Pierce - Frasier

Michael Richards - Seinfeld

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christine Baranski - Cybill

Kristen Johnston - 3rd Rock from the Sun

Lisa Kudrow - Friends

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld

Laurie Metcalf - Roseanne

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Hank Azaria - Mad About You

Lloyd Bridges - Seinfeld

Mel Brooks - Mad About You

David Duchovny - The Larry Sanders Show

David Hyde Pierce - Caroline in the City

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Carol Burnett - Mad About You

Laura Dern - Ellen

Lisa Kudrow - Mad About You

Bebe Neuwirth - Frasier

Debbie Reynolds - Roseanne

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES

3rd Rock from the Sun

Frasier

Friends

NewsRadio

Seinfeld

BEST NEW COMEDY SERIES

King of the Hill

Men Behaving Badly

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch

Spin City

Suddenly Susan

BEST SYNDICATED SERIES

Babylon 5

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Highlander, The Series

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Xena: Warrior Princess

BEST ACTOR IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

Corbin Bernsen - The Cape

Avery Brooks - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Michael Dorn - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Colm Meaney - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Kevin Sorbo - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

BEST ACTRESS IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

Terry Farrell - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Mira Furlan - Babylon 5

Lucy Lawless - Xena: Warrior Princess

Renee O'Connor - Xena: Warrior Princess

Nana Visitor - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

Aron Eisenberg - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Kenneth Marshall - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Michael O"Hare - Babylon 5

Robert Picardo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Wallace Shawn - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

Cecily Adams - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Sandra Bernhard - Highlander, The Series

Rosalind Chao - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Louise Fletcher - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Vanessa Williams - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

The Cape

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Highlander, The Series

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Xena: Warrior Princess

BEST MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Bastard Out of Carolina

Crime of the Century

Gotti

If These Walls Could Talk

In the Gloaming

BEST MINISERIES

David

Mario Puzo's The Last Don

The Odyssey

Stephen King's The Shining

Titanic

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE OR MINISERIES

Danny Aiello - Mario Puzo's The Last Don

Armand Assante - The Odyssey

Robert Sean Leonard - In the Gloaming

Mandy Patinkin - The Hunchback

Steven Weber - Stephen King's The Shining

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE OR MINISERIES

Glenn Close - In the Gloaming

Rebecca De Mornay - Stephen King's The Shining

Angela Lansbury - Mrs. Santa Claus

Meryl Streep - ...First Do No Harm

Alfre Woodard - Miss Evers' Boys

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE OR MINISERIES

Tim Curry - Titanic

Courtland Mead - Stephen King's The Shining

Eric Roberts - The Odyssey

David Strathairn - In the Gloaming

Melvin Van Peebles - Stephen King's The Shining

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE OR MINISERIES

Laura Dern - Bastard Out of Carolina

Bridget Fonda - In the Gloaming

Whoopi Goldberg - In the Gloaming

Christina Ricci - Bastard Out of Carolina

Isabella Rossellini - The Odyssey

BEST DIRECTION IN A SERIES

ER

Frasier

Friends

Party of FiveThe X-Files

BEST DIRECTION IN A DRAMA SERIES

ER

Homicide: Life on the Streets

NYPD Blue

Party of FiveThe X-Files

BEST DIRECTION IN A COMEDY SERIES

3rd Rock from the Sun

Frasier

Friends

Seinfeld

The Simpsons

BEST DIRECTION IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

The Cape

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Highlander, The Series

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Xena: Warrior Princess

BEST DIRECTION OF A MOTION PICTURE OR MINISERIES

Bastard Out of Carolina - Anjelica Huston

If These Walls Could Talk - Cher, Nancy Savoca

In the Gloaming - Christopher Reeve

The Odyssey - Andrei Konchalovsky

Stephen King's The Shining - Mick Garris

BEST WRITING IN A SERIES

ER

Frasier

Friends

Party of Five

The X-Files

BEST WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES

ER

Homicide: Life on the Streets

Murder One

Party of Five

The X-Files

BEST WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES

Frasier

Friends

Mad About You

Seinfeld

The Simpsons

BEST WRITING IN A SYNDICATED SERIES

Babylon 5

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Highlander, The Series

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Xena: Warrior Princess

BEST WRITING OF A MOTION PICTURE OR MINISERIES

Bastard Out of Carolina - Anne Meredith

If These Walls Could Talk - Nancy Savoca, Susan Nanus, I. Marlene King